---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-043043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLY"
cik: "0000107140"
company_name: "JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-15T13:19:50+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T13:21:11.022302+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Mari J. Baker to step down from Wiley board at Sept 24 annual meeting

## Summary
- Baker notified board on June 10, 2026, of decision not to stand for reelection.
- She will complete her term as director, Chair of Executive Compensation Committee, and Executive Committee member.
- No disagreement with company cited; board size to shrink to 9 members effective Sept 24, 2026.
- Baker served 15 years; no replacement director announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-043043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLY
- cik: 0000107140
- company_name: JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-15T13:19:50+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000162828026043043/0001628280-26-043043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000162828026043043/jwa-20260610.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-043043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-043043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-043043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mari J. Baker departed as Director at JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC..
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 10, 2026, Mari J. Baker notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (the “Company”) of her intent to not stand for reelection at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107140/000162828026043043/0001628280-26-043043-index.htm

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